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"It is impossible to think of a command without thinking of a commander" H.P. Owen argued that laws do not write themselves, so the presence of objective moral laws implies a divine lawgiver. He said either these laws must be simply brute fact or require an explanation ­ They require an explanation so must be from God.…read more

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The presence of conscience (feelings of shame/guilt) show there is a God. Conscience can be seen as the voice of God.…read more

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Decision making is a religious experience, whenever we make a moral decision we have an indirect experience of God. The fact we have a conscience and feel an obligation towards other human beings implies that humans have intrinsic value. There must have been a being to instil value into human beings. This being is God.…read more

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Believed that we work towards the Summum Bonum ­ the state of absolute happiness and perfect morality. We have a sense of morality which obligates us to act morally. With this sense of obligation comes the three postulates (assumptions): freedom (to make the decisions), an afterlife, and God's existence. His argument went as follows...…read more

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1. We feel a sense of duty to do what is right. If we feel a duty to act morally, we feel a duty to act towards the goal of morality ­ Summum Bonum/the highest good.2. God, as creator and sustainer, is the only being able to bring this about we, as mere humans cannot reward morality with happiness and can see that this doesn't always happen in the empirical world.3. Ought implies can it would be illogical to aim for something unachievable, so it must be possible to achieve the highest good. God is needed to bring this about, therefore God exists.…read more

Slides in this set

Slide 1

Slide 2

"It is impossible to think of a command without thinking of a commander" H.P. Owen argued that laws do not write themselves, so the presence of objective moral laws implies a divine lawgiver. He said either these laws must be simply brute fact or require an explanation ­ They require an explanation so must be from God.…read more

Slide 3

The presence of conscience (feelings of shame/guilt) show there is a God. Conscience can be seen as the voice of God.…read more

Slide 4

Decision making is a religious experience, whenever we make a moral decision we have an indirect experience of God. The fact we have a conscience and feel an obligation towards other human beings implies that humans have intrinsic value. There must have been a being to instil value into human beings. This being is God.…read more

Slide 5

Believed that we work towards the Summum Bonum ­ the state of absolute happiness and perfect morality. We have a sense of morality which obligates us to act morally. With this sense of obligation comes the three postulates (assumptions): freedom (to make the decisions), an afterlife, and God's existence. His argument went as follows...…read more

Slide 6

1. We feel a sense of duty to do what is right. If we feel a duty to act morally, we feel a duty to act towards the goal of morality ­ Summum Bonum/the highest good.2. God, as creator and sustainer, is the only being able to bring this about we, as mere humans cannot reward morality with happiness and can see that this doesn't always happen in the empirical world.3. Ought implies can it would be illogical to aim for something unachievable, so it must be possible to achieve the highest good. God is needed to bring this about, therefore God exists.…read more